Chapter 0035


    Chapter 0035


    Crap really hits the fan in the spring when our annual mating ball happens. It was originally


    designed for any wolves who are 18 or older, who are unmated, to try and find their mate if they are


    in the pack. We can''t find our mate until the first full moon following our 18th birthday so if your mate


    is older or younger you just have to wait to find out. About a decade ago or so, the school council


    decided that any of the highschoolers could attend the ball too. This basically took the ce of our


    spring dance. I think it was a way for them to get out of having to host and chaperone a high school


    dance, but that''s just me. Elther way, it has be THE event of the year ande April, was all


    the girls could talk about.


    I honestly could care less. I never had any friends to go to things like this with and I really didn''t like


    dressing up. I have my dad to thank for that Any time we had to dress up for some event he was


    required to take both Mateo and l.


    He would have me dress a little closer to the queen of


    Ennd on a business trip than a young girl. The skirt suit felt like a straight jacket and was not


    comfortable in any form. So now when I hear ''formal'' that is all I can think of.


    Since I wanted nothing to do with naturally my best friend was obsessed. Sierra had drawings upon


    drawlngs of dresses she imagined for this dance. It didn''t even matter,


    Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    we couldn''t find our mates yet anyway. She did not like or care for my logic and ignored myck of


    enthusiasm at the idea of dressing to impress.


    One day at advanced training she threw me under the bus with Luna Ava, hoping to get an ally.


    color do you think would look best on Sky, Luna? " All the women had been casually taking about


    past mating balls and regalling us with their stories. The question was innocent enough, but it


    shocked me and I froze, allowing the female warrior I was sparring with to take me down.


    At least the Alpha finally made these training session private. No one saw me take the distracted hit


    or could eavesdrop on this conversation.


    "She could actually get away with several colors, I think. Blue in any shade would bring out her eyes


    and make her hair glow. But deep jewel tones would look amazing on her skin tone. What were you


    thinking?'' Luna Ava throws over without bslowing her movements down. Like to conversation was a


    part of the sparring she was doing.


    "I''m not sure, really. She refuses to dress shop with me and says she isn''t going to the dance,


    leaving me all alone with these crazy boys. And we have to go, this will be my only year here. I


    leave this summer to go back home and we can''t miss the ''biggest event of the year." She air


    quotes the overused tagline. Making a pathetic pouty face to go right along with it. I close my eyes


    and take a deep breath through my nose, adjusting the shoulder that took the brunt of the hit.


    Luna Ava stops to look at me now. "Oh, sweetheart, you have to go. You will have so much fun, we


    have so many things nned. I normally wouldn''t push a freshman to go, but you can''t miss going


    with your best friend and who would keep the boys out of trouble?" Her pout matches Sierra''s.


    "Lets get something straight, No one keeps the boys out of trouble." All the females on our end of


    the training arenaugh loudly. "And I don''t really see the point in prancing around in ufortable


    clothes and shoes like a ve for auction when I can''t even sense my mate, therefore getting


    nothing out of the torture."


    Luna Ava and the other females justugh again, they know I''m not wrong, but at the same time, I''m


    wavering. They are right too, I can''t miss Sierra''s only dance here in the pack. Ugh, can''t believe I


    am considering this. I rub my temples with my fingertips.


    "It''s not all bad and depending on the dress there are some remarkablyfortable undergarments


    that help you feel like you''re wearing regr clothes. How do you think I got through all the formal


    events with the Alpha? If you don''t want to buy a new dress, I''m sure I or any of thedies here


    have several things you could look at and we can have them altered. We could always do a dress


    day at the packhouse, it would be so much fun!" She ps her hands and is getting far too excited. I


    can see the wheels turning.